In the June 1880 Saline County, Illinois he was listed as Step-son.
Head of house : John Blackburn age 45
Wife: Mahala age 40 (she was born in 1838)
Marriage records show John Blackburn married Mrs. Gillia M. Tanner on 3-10-1975 in
Saline
Children/age in 1880 how listed
Daughter(can't read name Blackburn 4 daughter
George Blackburn 3/12 son
Martha Tanner 12 Step-daughter
Susan Tanner 15 Step-daughter
James Tanner 17 Step-son
Howell Tanner 8 Step-son
Joseph Tanner 6 Step-son
In June 1900 Census
We have listed G. M. Blackburn listed as such
G. M. Blackburn Born in Tennesse in 1838 as Female head of house
in the house were
Joe Tanner Son born 1874 in Illinois
Otis Milburn G-son born in 1894 in Illinois
In this same census we can find
Howell Tanner born 1871 In Illinois - Father from Illinois and Mother from Tennesse
Lucy Tanner Wife born in Indiana in 1873 with both parents from Indiana also
Leeroy Tanner Son Born in 1894 in Illinois
Howell Tanner 10-1871 in Tennessee
M: Lucy M Colvin born 1873 in Indiana married 2-5-1891 in Saline County Illinois
Elba "LB" Tanner
Earl Atwood Tanner 8-21-1901
Lee Roy Tanner 11/5/1894-5/21/1981 Census of 1900 lists born 10-1894
be taken in their 80's or better. The second is one with Lucy's family. I have included names to help ID the people
as they were given to me. It looks to be possibly taken in or around 1896/1897 due to the estimated age of Lee
Roy. If you have any more pictures to share or corrections please let me know.
